Combined lighter and heated inhalator



Jan. 31, J. KEMP COMBINED LIGHTER AND HEATED INHALATOR Filed July 25, 1.947

Patented Jan. 31, 1950 GFFICE COMBINED LIGHTER AND HEATED INHALATOR Jule Kemp, Cincinnati, Ohio Application July' 25, 1947, Serial No. 763,497

3 Claims. (Cl. 12S- 192) This invention relates t'c a.- ccmbined pocket cigarette lighter and heated vaporizer.

It is an object of this invention to provide a combined lighter and vaporizer of the kind to be more particularly described hereinafter which is especially provided for chronicz sufferers of sinus trouble, colds and other ailments of the nasal passages for whom the presen-t types of dry cold vaporizers do not afford satisfactory remedies.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined pocket lighter and inhaler of this kind which may be readily carried in the pocket or purse of a person to be always" handy either as a cigar or cigarette'lighter orv as a vaporizer having a heated medicant.v

Still another object of this invention is to pro-A vide a device of this kind which is very simple in construction, formed of a minimum number of parts, yet providing an eiilcient inhalator for inhaling the fumes or vapors of a heated medicant.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which may be converted from an inhalator to a pocket lighter by merely rocking the inhalator head from a position of over the heater or lighter wick.

With these and other objects in View which may appear more fully hereinafter, my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described and illustrated in the drawing, while it is understood that various changes and modications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined pocket lighter and heated inhalator constructed according to an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the inhaler head rocked away from the wick to expose a flame so the device may be used as a cigarette lighter.

Figure 3 is a front elevation, partly broken away and partly in section of the inhaler head and medication support separated.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals designate similar parts throughout the gures, the numeral l0 designates generally a device which is so constructed and arranged to provide a combined cigarette or cigar lighter having a conventional ilint wheel and wick and an inhaler for inhaling heated vapors heated from the flame of the lighter wick.

The inhalator or lighter I0 is formed of a short elongated tubular body or housing |I having an 55 tained in the body being held thereby soaking.l

in cotton or other suitable wadding.

A wick l5 extends throughthel upper end; lli

of the tubular or cylindricalbody A flintv il extends through. the upper end wall of thel body adjacent the wick I5, and an abrasive wheel It is rotatably' supported adjacent the ilint Il for engagement therewith to create a spark for igniting the saturatedy wick I5; The

wheel IB is rotatably mounted on a shaft |19 fixed between a pair of upstanding armsy 2t Xed on the upper end wall -oi the body H.

The device thus far described is formed as a conventional type of cigarette lighter designed for personal pocket use.

In order to provide an inhalator in combination with the pocket lighter an inhaler head or nozzle 2| is rockably mounted on the body for movement over the wick |5 in alignment with the cylindrical body The inhaler head 2| is formed of a hollow substantially conical shell open at the lower end and formed with an aperture 22 at the apex thereof. Air inlet openings 24 are formed in the side walls of the head or shell 2| adjacent the lower end.

A pair of aligned hinge or pivot pins 25 are xed to or formed on the lower end of the shell 2|' being disposed diametrically thereof. Pivot pins 26 are xed on opposite sides of the body 1,. ll diametrically thereof intermediate the length of the body forming the hinge connection of the shell 2| to the body A pair of elongated links 2'! are loosely and pivotally connected between the pivot pins 25 and 26. The links 21 are of a sufficient length to support the shell 2| above the wick l5 in spaced relation thereto. The links are pivotally connected to the body Il and the shell or head 2| is pivoted on the free upper ends of the links.

An arcuate wind shield 28 is provided for shielding the llame on the wick I5 from being extinguished inadvertently. The shield 28 is formed of a hollow or split tubular lower arcuate end substantially a semi-circular guard, and a complete circular or annular sleeve 29 on the upper end. The outer diameter of the guard 28 at its upper end is substantially the same as the diameter of the lower end of the shell 2| and is adapted to be disposed adjacent the lower end to form a flush surface therebetween. A reduced 3 diameter band or ange 3U is fixed on the upper end of the guard 28 and is adapted to frictionally engage the inner surface of the lower end of the shell 2l for frictionally securing the guard 28 thereto.

A solid medicant 3| is fixed or suitably secured to the upper end of the guard 28 and adapted to be disposed Within the shell 2l spaced from the Walls thereof. The solid medicant 3| may be of any suitable material for exuding medicating vapors when heated and is adapted to be secured on a plate 32 Xed on the upper end of the guard 28 within the flange 30.

In the use and operation of this combined lighter and vaporizer l0, the shell is moved to one side, as in Figure 2 for igniting the wick I5, when the device may be used as a lighter. For uses as an inhaler the shell s moved directly over the flame until the medicant 3| is heated and the vapors are detectable. Then the flame is extingui'shed and the shell may be applied as a conventional inhaler.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A combined pocket lighter and heated inhalator comprising a cylindrical body constituting a fuel reservoir, a conical inhaler nozzle, links pivoted on said body and said nozzle rockably mounting said nozzle for movement into alignment with one end of said body and spaced therefrom, a Wick in said one end of said body, a flint supported on said one end of said body, a flint engaging wheel adjacent said flint for igniting said Wick, and a medicant supporting member frictionally engaging said nozzle for disposition above the lighted wick of the lighter.

2.v In a combined pocket lighter and heated inhalator, a. conical inhaler nozzle having an opening in the apex thereof, a medicant supporting member frictionally engageable in the divergent end of said nozzle for supporting a medicant therein, and links rockably engaging said nozzle and said pocket lighter intermediate the length thereof for supporting said nozzle spaced above the lighter Wick for heating the medicant.

3. In a. combined pocket lighter and heated inhalator having an inhaler nozzle and links between said nozzle and said lighter for supporting said nozzle above the lighted wick of said lighter, said nozzle comprising a conical body, a cylindrical medicant supporting member engaging one end of said nozzle, and a flange on said cylindrical member frictionally engaging the inner walls of said conical body for securing said medicant supporting member thereto.

JULE KEMP.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITEDl STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,071,389 Blosser Aug. 26, 1913 1,913,059 Robinson June 6, 1933 OTHER REFERENCES A. S. Aloe Co. Catalogue of Hospital Equipment (copyright 1942) page 86, item 75, page 9495 (Copy in Div. 55)

Montgomery Ward Fall & Winter Catalogue 1944-45 (recd in Patent Office library January 16, 1945) ,page 463, items 18-21. 

